15,980
16K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
movies
eye 15,980
favorite 25
comment 2
Major steps in the construction of a two-lane (pre-Interstate) highway.
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Topic: Infrastructure: Roads and highways
4,915
4.9K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International
movies
eye 4,915
favorite 10
comment 2
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General
6,482
6.5K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
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favorite 8
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Opening of California State Highway 101 at San Francisco, with 50,000 people in attendance; parade of automobiles from San Francisco Civic Center; Mayor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph of San Francisco; Mayor Taylor of San Mateo; county supervisors; Queen Clara Carli; aerial views of highway and air-to-air shots of airplane carrying dignitaries. The highway linked San Francisco with northern San Mateo County to the south.
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Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure, Celebrations, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
14,590
15K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 14,590
favorite 34
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Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Safety: Automotive
25,518
26K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
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Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
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favorite 71
comment 4
How road maps are drawn, field-checked and printed.
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Topics: Cartography, Geography, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
18,899
19K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, Educational Film Service
movies
eye 18,899
favorite 56
comment 2
Reviews the history of transportation in the U.S. and promotes the economic and social benefits of more and better public roads..
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Automobiles: History
5,489
5.5K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International
movies
eye 5,489
favorite 27
comment 2
Produced to garner support for the 1956 Federal Aid-Highway Act, the law that enabled the Interstate Highway system. After a small town learns that it is to be bypassed by a new freeway, highway officials and politicians help to convince residents that the freeway is actually in their interest. The film ends as it began, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new stretch of highway.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General
19,279
19K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Unknown
movies
eye 19,279
favorite 13
comment 1
Dedication of the western terminus of the Lincoln Highway (old U.S. 30), the legendary transcontinental route, in Lincoln Park, San Francisco.
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Topics: San Francisco: Infrastructure, Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Celebrations
22,993
23K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
General Motors Photographic
movies
eye 22,993
favorite 36
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Talking driver's license narrates this hymn to the beneficial effects of highways, cars, and driving.
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Topics: Safety: Driving, Car culture, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
37,587
38K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 37,587
favorite 48
comment 3
Highway engineering and development in the pre-Interstate era.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Land use, Civil engineering
4,707
4.7K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Frith Films
movies
eye 4,707
favorite 10
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Frith Films presents, Builders Of The Broad Highway, Part 2. Produced and Photographed by Emily Benton Firth, Commentator Don McNamara.
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Sustainability, Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Occupations:...
6,747
6.7K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Frith Films
movies
eye 6,747
favorite 17
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Frith Films presents, Builders Of The Broad Highway, Part 1. Produced and Photographed by Emily Benton Firth, Commentator Don McNamara.
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Topics: Motion Pictures: Sponsored, Sustainability, Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Occupations:...
12,026
12K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 12,026
favorite 33
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Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety...
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Manifest destiny
13,255
13K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
MPO Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 13,255
favorite 35
comment 3
Henry Ford II introduces this film designed to encourage private citizens to unite and support road improvement. Part of the lobbying campaign that culminated in legislation authorizing the Interstate Highway system in 1956, this film shows community efforts to improve and increase safety on the Bayshore Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area; congestion in Pittsburgh and the Golden Triangle redevelopment area; the economic benefits of Boston's circumferential highway, Route 128; and safety...
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, San Francisco: Infrastructure, Manifest destiny
33,450
33K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 33,450
favorite 131
comment 11
Advocacy film produced to garner public support for the creation of the Interstate Highway System.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and highways, Car culture: General, Manifest destiny
19,778
20K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Bethlehem Steel Company
movies
eye 19,778
favorite 17
comment 2
Educational film about how steel is used to make highways, including problems that occur with time and use.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Civil Engineering, City Planning, Metals: Steel: Steel Industry
18,774
19K
Mar 1, 2007
03/07
by
Bethlehem Steel Company
movies
eye 18,774
favorite 19
comment 1
Educational film about how steel is used to make highways, including problems that occur with time and use.
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Topics: Infrastructure: Roads and Highways, Civil Engineering, City Planning, Metals: Steel: Steel Industry
126,226
126K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 126,226
favorite 318
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Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highways and Horizons" pavilion at the World's Fair, which looks ahead to the "wonder world of 1960."
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Topics: Futurism, World's Fairs: New York, 1939-40, Infrastructure: Roads and highways
